To Crate or Not to Crate (Slate), that is the question...?

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I just bought a 3 piece slate 8' table (world of leisure, i know not great, but great deal $400, new condition) I disassembled the table with the help of my wife (she is a strong fitness chick) So, I got the table to my house safely and will be storing it for 4 months until I move from Boulder to Kansas City (gonna bust all the Olathe players :) in short time)

Two questions...
1) as seen in the pic, I stacked the slates flat, with cardboard/comforter in between. Are they ok like that?

2) more important question, what is the best(i mean cheapest) way to transport these in a full sized UHAUL for a ten hour trek across Kansas? Considering a few options, like holding them safely on my lap, laying them flat on top of mattress to absorb the bumps. I don't have the $200 to have them crated.

Thanks for your experience and ideas...

Michael at Gonegray@gmail.com
 

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Manufacturers, including olhausen ship their slates flat. One on top of another with nothing between. Make sure the bottoms of slate frames are free of tacks,staples before sliding across one another. Try to block around them to keep from sliding. We move them everyday and never had a single piece damaged.

Take the pockets of the rails and use the comforters to wrap the rails up!


John
 
You can use a couple of the cheap cargo straps from Wal Mart, Home Depot,etc to keep the slates from sliding off each other. Don't stack anything heavy on the slate and don't stack heavy stuff that might fall on the slate.
 
scruffy1 said:
Manufacturers, including olhausen ship their slates flat. One on top of another with nothing between. Make sure the bottoms of slate frames are free of tacks,staples before sliding across one another. Try to block around them to keep from sliding. We move them everyday and never had a single piece damaged.

Take the pockets of the rails and use the comforters to wrap the rails up!


John
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I move them the same way. You might want to store those slate vertical though. The only time to consider crateing is when shipping commercial or using professional movers.
 
gonegray said:
I just bought a 3 piece slate 8' table (world of leisure, i know not great, but great deal $400, new condition) I disassembled the table with the help of my wife (she is a strong fitness chick) So, I got the table to my house safely and will be storing it for 4 months until I move from Boulder to Kansas City (gonna bust all the Olathe players :) in short time)

Two questions...
1) as seen in the pic, I stacked the slates flat, with cardboard/comforter in between. Are they ok like that?

2) more important question, what is the best(i mean cheapest) way to transport these in a full sized UHAUL for a ten hour trek across Kansas? Considering a few options, like holding them safely on my lap, laying them flat on top of mattress to absorb the bumps. I don't have the $200 to have them crated.

Thanks for your experience and ideas...

Michael at Gonegray@gmail.com
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Funny thing about World of Leisure, the older the better.
 
I agree with Donny on storing the slate vertically if it will be for 4 months. The slates will be less likely to warp that way.
 
U-haul trucks have side wall boards for strapping things to...like slate! I'd strap the slates to the walls of the truck standing on end, there's far less shock going over bumps with slates standing on end than the effect of the slates banging against each other laying flat, besides that, they take up less room in the truck for packing when they're standing on end. I move 3 piece slate pool tables ALL the time, and I never lay them down flat. It's also much easier to hand truck the slates from a standing position than it is to pick them up to load them on a hand truck. All you have to do when you unstrap them, is lean the first slate to-wards you a little, then use a clamp to secure the remaining slates to the wall until you're ready to load another one on the hand truck to move it into storage. Then in the storage unit, stand the slates on end again, only place them on a couple of 2x4's to give them a better balance on the floor leaning up against the wall, strap them in place there as well if you can, or at least clamp them some how, never know when an earthquake may come along...right Donny!:D:D

Glen
 
Those are ALL great suggestions. I knew that I came to the right place for advice. There is nothing on Youtube for table transport.

So, now, in my garage as I wait for the next few months, are you guys suggesting that I get some 2x4's (3 or 4 perpendicular to the slate) and have them on their side, strapped to the wall somehow (so that they can't fall over)?
 
You only need 2 2x4's about a foot long, place them a little wider than the hand truck so all you have to do is set the slate down on them and the hand truck will come right out from under the slate. And yes, strap them to the wall, get some wood screw eye bolts if you have to to attatch a hook strap to so you can make sure the slates can't fall down;)

Glen
 
I've delivered tables all the way from Dallas to NYC with the slates laying one on top of the other and never had an issue(like the others said,they will slide around if you don't watch out).Barry
 
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